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Alert: Book Giveaway on 5DollarDinners
Erin Chase of www.5dollardinners.com is celebrating “Back to School Week” by giving away 2 books each day this week. And as a part of her site’s 3rd Anniversary, Erin will be giving away books hourly on Monday, August 22. I have both of Erin’s cookbooks and they are very useful, both with recipes and general…
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Grilled Dinner: Chicken, Potatoes & Crookneck Squash
It was hot here yesterday. I wandered the garden to see what I could use for dinner, along with the chicken I was marinating in some Greek herbs, olive oil and lemon juice. Picked a crookneck squash, some tomatoes, a cucumber and some basil. I am making freezer pickles with the cucumber (plus an onion…
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Pickling Things
I love pickled things. As I mentioned earlier I am growing some dill in the garden. I don’t have any dill heads yet to use in pickling but do have the sprigs. Here’s a picture of the dill crock I mentioned before, in one of my new Pickl-It jars. Doesn’t that look delicious? Save
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Rice Salad with Chicken, Black Beans and Feta
During the summer especially, I like having a salad or two in the fridge to serve as side dishes for dinner or a main dish for lunch. A good friend served this Rice Salad with Chicken, Black Beans and Feta when I was over at her house for lunch and shared the recipe. As she…
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Growing Dill
I’m growing dill this year in the garden and am planning on trying my hand at some pickles! I’ve got cucumbers too. But I also like other pickled things and just bought a set of Pickl-It jars. Has anyone else tried these out? Right now I’ve got a Euell Gibbons “dill crock” like thing going…